Macular degeneration: Do conventional measurements of impaired visual function equate with visual disability?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-250

  McClure, M E ^a   Hart, P M ^a   Jackson, A J ^a   Stevenson, M R ^a   Chakravarthy, U ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034018598     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.3.244     Document Type: Article

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